Simple Remedies to Prevent Illness in Spring

Measles: Purple gromwell root and licorice root, 6 grams each (reduce dose for young children), decocted and taken once daily for a week; large green leaf, 9 grams, decocted with one cup of water until half a cup, taken once daily for 5–7 days.
Diphtheria: Blueweed, 25 grams, decocted with water to one cup, divided and consumed over two days, can also be stir-fried with seasoning and eaten as a vegetable; Scrophularia root, 9 grams, licorice root, 3 grams, Phragmites rhizome, 15 grams, decocted and taken for three consecutive days.
Whooping Cough: 2–3 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed, mixed with sugar, boiled in a clay pot; for children under 2 years old, take twice daily (morning and evening) and finish within 2 days; for children aged 2–3 years, consume within one day; course lasts 5–7 days; chestnut shell and corn silk, each 16 grams, combined with winter melon and rock sugar, decocted and taken; floating plant herb dried, mixed thoroughly with 3 grams of honey, decocted and taken, 3 grams per dose (half dose for children under 3 years), taken for three days consecutively.
Epidemic Parotitis: Isatis root, 20 grams, Polygonatum rhizome, 15 grams, licorice root, 3 grams, decocted and taken once daily, twice daily, for five days.
Epidemic Meningitis: Fresh garlic, eaten raw, 2–3 cloves daily; mugwort leaves, white atractylodes, realgar, each 10 grams, burned to fumigate and disinfect indoor air.